I went to the gym twice in one week, which has to be some kind of record. I cannot believe this article about how, if you think about something other than running, you can run for longer than you could otherwise, doesn't mention the obvious: television. Any television will do. Today it was a show called "Yes, Dear," which I'm pretty sure is the worst of the post-Seinfeld unwatchably bad sitcoms, but I remember the show more vividly than the agony of minute 28 of 30 of the run. I mean, a "South Park" would have been better, but it's painful to laugh and run at the same time, so in a way what you want is one of those shows with a laugh track that doesn't correspond to any real punch lines. If I had a headset with one such show on loop, I could totally run a marathon. Don't quote me on that.
In other news, re: the gym, why must the nomadic Belgian waffle truck park itself out front?
Friday, December 14, 2007
Better than steroids
Posted by Phoebe Maltz Bovy at Friday, December 14, 2007
Labels: I am an intellectual
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And if there's no TV, I use music + reading material.
I don't see how reading and running at the same time would be possible. I also don't see how using an elliptical machine is possible, period, so maybe I'm not the best example.
Those elliptical machines look unharmonious - Tonight there was a good Seinfeld rerun on - An early one, when Elaine left a saucy message on Jerry's answering machine. There aren't any good shows like that these days - It seems like they are all these crime shows.
Ooh, Seinfeld is perfect--quality television, but I've seen them all and so do not need to laugh out loud.
In other exercise news, re: this post:
"I feel there's always something left out on the elliptical machine" -Jo.
"The hyperbolic machine is overrated"- He can't seem to help himself.
The elliptical machine is for poets.
The treadmill is for prose.
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